Changing Climate

The annual survey of US beekeepers found that honeybee colonies are doing better after a bad year. Monday’s survey found winter losses were lower than normal, the second smallest in 14 years of records.

A Siberian town with the world’s widest temperature range has recorded a new high amid a heat wave that is contributing to severe forest fires.

Globally, this May tied as the warmest on record, and 2020 already has a good shot to be the warmest year on record. Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper reports there are some feasible solutions to tackling our climate crisis.

This year is on track to be one of the warmest on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which also announced Thursday that last month had tied the previous record for the warmest May in recorded history.

At the height of lockdowns, global fossil fuel emissions were down by 17% and mobility dropped by nearly 100%. Storm Team4’s Amelia Draper explains why emissions are now surging back.

Mosquitoes thrive in warm, humid weather, making D.C. the perfect fit for the insect. Storm Team4 meteorologist Amelia Draper explains why a longer mosquito season is expected this year.

This is the longest the District has gone without an air quality warning. Storm Team4’s Amelia Draper explains the cause for the improved air quality.

It’s estimated that every year 8 million metric tons of plastics enter our oceans, and once in the water, plastic never fully breaks down. Storm Team 4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper reports.

Summers in D.C. are two degrees warmer than they were just 50 years ago. Storm Team4’s Amelia Draper explains how summers are shifting.

NOAA is predicting most of the country will have warmer than average temperatures this summer. News4’s Amelia Draper has more.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an “above-normal” 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, with 13 to 19 named storms. NOAA forecasters said that six to 10 of those storms will become hurricanes and three to six of those would become major hurricanes with 111 mph winds or higher. NOAA said there’s a 60% ch...

Storm Team4’s Amelia Draper explains how our changing climate is affecting hurricane season.

A grade for the health of the Chesapeake Bay has dropped from a C to a C-minus in the last year in an annual report